Kingdom Hearts: Pangaea

[RedPiggy]

Post-climax story, but before Sora returns to that world ...

Richfield, with dark red eyes and darker skin (because he's become a heartless, even though that's kind of redundant), looks around at his abandoned work site. The music is dark and foreboding, though there are lighter moments with near-Disney-like happy music when Richfield sees birds and other creatures happily enjoying themselves since the trees are no longer being pushed down. Soon the scene changes to a posh board room with dark mahogany walls and pictures of various heads of Wesayso. He sits across a table from Mr. Ashland, who is about the size of Howard Handupme.

Richfield (his voice low, slow, and dark): How do you feel about my proposal, sir?

Ashland (looking at some paperwork): Frankly, Richfield, I fail to see the profitability.

Richfield: Because of the Sinclairs, sir, Wesayso profits are down 40%! Everyone's too interested in hugging some trees and picnicking in flowery fields than buying Wesayso products!

Ashland (stares up at Richfield): But, Richfield, without customers, we won't have any profits at all!

Suddenly a tall man with long white hair and piercing eyes appears in a black cloak.

Ashland (barking): Who are you?

Man (smiling, his voice dark and smooth): I am Xenahort. I have come to express my interest in expanding opportunities with your corporation. There are many worlds out there with ... shall we say ... INCONVENIENT populations. Natural resources can't be exploited as much as I would prefer. I believe Wesayso is the perfect business organization to provide assistance in my rather PROFITABLE endeavor.

Richfield (nods)

Ashland (stroking his chin): Hmmm ... what did you have in mind?

Xenahort (continues to smile): A trial. A proof of concept, if you will. Do as Richfield says and send this world to darkness. While you risk losing domestic sales, I assure you that there is a universal market just ready for the taking. *pauses* Money is no object, I assure you. I would be VERY appreciative.

Ashland (slaps his hand on the table): Sold! However, I didn't get to be the CEO of Wesayso by being stupid. I wanna see proof of your appreciation before I sign off on this rather risky endeavor.

Xenahort (waves his arms, a pile of gold and jewels appearing magically before them on the table): Do you find this acceptable?

Ashfield (nods, awestruck): Xenahort, I see Wesayso having a glorious future ahead of us.

All three laugh maliciously as the scene fades with the sounds of dozens of explosions audible.

 

[RedPiggy]

Post-Climax Story, When Sora and the Gang Return

Sora, Donald, and Goofy appear in the Sinclair kitchen in a cutscene. The lights are off and vapor can be seen coming from their mouths.

Donald (shivers): BRRRRRRRRR! Someone turn on the heater!

Goofy (looks around): Gawrsh, I wonder what happened.

Sora (shruggs): Maybe they forgot to pay their utility bill. Let’s go see where everyone is.

They enter the living room. The Sinclairs and Roy Hess are sitting in the living room, huddled in front of the television. They are all wearing coats and mittens. They are all downcast. A pile of snow can be seen in the background outside the back door.

Earl (sadly): I said I was sorry.

Roy (nods): Don’t worry, pally boy. We were bound to slowly freeze ta death in the darkest, chilliest cold some day. You just cut straight to da chase.

Fran (shakes her head, frustrated): Earl, stop blaming yourself! RICHFIELD destroyed Pangaea, not you.

Ethyl (rolls her eyes and sighs)

Sora (turns on the light switch on the wall near the kitchen): What’s going on?

Fran (glares at Earl, curtly): The lights WORK?

Earl (laughs nervously, avoiding her gaze): I was trying to set the mood!

Fran (sighs and gets up, to Sora): We’re very sorry, but our world’s been utterly destroyed.

Charlene: Yeah, great job, Dad. Was Robbie really worth getting the mall closed?

Robbie (to Charlene): HEY!

Charlene (crosses her arms in a huff): Don’t yell at ME! It’s not MY fault your room would be better off being a walk-in closet for ME!

Robbie (sighs disgustedly)

Fran: That’s enough, you two.

Charlene: Yeah! *sticks out tongue*

Robbie: Bite me, Charlene.

Charlene: Oooh, you’re not a carnivore, you’re a cannibal!

Fran: If both of you don’t be quiet RIGHT NOW, I’ll throw all of your bedroom furniture out in the snow!

Robbie and Charlene (groan pitifully)

Sora, Donald, and Goofy (look at each other)

Baby (as the music stops): I’m cold! Turn the heater on!

Earl (sighs): It’s not that easy, son. It’ll never get any warmer.

Baby (unsure): Just move.

Earl (sighs sadly): There’s no place to move to.

Sora (uncomfortable): Are you sure? I mean, a supercontinent is kinda big, isn’t it?

Charlene (waves dismissively): Don’t bother, kid. I’ve been all over this place shopping for the best deals. Everything’s under at least ten feet of snow.

Earl (nods): Yeah, she’s right. There’s no mystical valley just waiting for dinosaurs to find. Lost Worlds only happen in the movies, kid.

Robbie (stands up): No! *pounds fist in palm* I’m not going to let this beat us! Dinosaurs are the top of the food chain for a reason! Our ancestors millions of years ago survived trying conditions! What’s stopping us from taking our rightful place in destiny?

Charlene: Not enough accessories.

Roy: Cowardice and low self-esteem.

Earl: A conflicting sense of apathy and acceptance.

Robbie (turns to Sora): Sora? Donald? Goofy? Let’s go find a safe place to live so we can show future generations what dinosaurs are made of!

Charlene: Pffbt. What’s the point?

Robbie (sits next to Charlene): Are you saying you WOULDN’T try to find new merchandise opportunities?

Charlene (pauses): Merchandise opportunities?

Robbie (nods excitedly, knowing he’s hooked her): Think about it: acres and acres of pristine land just waiting.

Charlene (looks up dreamily): Ooh! New strip malls!

Robbie (grins): Yeah … and department stores! All of them never ever having had the pleasure of charging you hundreds of dollars with Dad’s credit card.

Earl: Hey ….

Charlene (stands up): As the Book of Dinosaur is my witness … I shall never shop empty-handed again!

Robbie (stands, pumping his fist): Yes!

Fran (worried): Robbie, are you sure this is safe?

Charlene (scoffs): MOM … if females stayed at home during sales, how would we ever find good deals?

Fran (sighs): Just … be safe. Stay away from predators.

Earl (nods, standing): Yeah, we’re all counting on you. After all, if you get eaten, we’ve still got Baby here to carry on our name.

Fran (angrily): EARL!

Earl (smirks seductively): Of course, if one’s not enough for you … I suppose we could always make MORE, heheheheh.

Fran (curtly): Robbie? Charlene? I ORDER you not to get eaten.

Robbie (smiles, pats Fran on back): Don’t worry, Mom. We’ll be okay. I’ll travel toward the swamp.

Charlene: I’ll start with the mall.

Everyone looks at Charlene.

Sora (laughs nervously, scratching the back of his neck): Uh, we’re happy to help.

The cutscene ends. Robbie can join the party. Charlene walks off out the door to screen left. Earl, Roy, and Fran sit down and watch TV. Ethyl sits in her wheelchair next to Baby Sinclair in his high chair near the fireplace. These characters will remain here for the remainder of gameplay during this scenario. Their dialogue will be in text boxes.

Earl: It’s my fault. If I hadn’t retaliated against Richfield, he wouldn’t have destroyed every living thing.

Roy: If all da trees die, does dat mean herbivores will starve? Will extinction affect my Saturday morning cartoons?

Fran: Poor Earl will never forgive himself. Please take care of Robbie, Sora.

Ethyl: I always knew Fran’s husband would mess up, just not how bad. I don’t know how such an idiot produced such a great kid here.

Baby: This is a sad story! Can I rewrite the ending?

The Wesayso area will now be available. A save point will be in Richfield’s rebuilt trailer, but he won’t be there. A Post-It on his TV on his desk will display the message “Where’s Wendy?” when accessed. A map treasure chest for this area and the forest is near the desk as well. Outside the trailer, Gus, a large brown dinosaur that resembles Andre but with a Wesayso shirt, eats lunch on a fallen tree. His dialogue is in text boxes.

Gus: No Richfield means a long lunch hour for me, heheheh. I bet he started looking for his daughter at the SWAMP.

The forest is now teaming with Heartless, including occasionally a special heartless dinosaur enemy, with a swirling black aura and glowing green eyes, shaped like Sid Turtlepuss, a short brown dinosaur with a turtle-like face. Defeating those will result in rare items. If the top of the map is north, then the Wesayso area is north of the Forest, which is north of the Sinclair House, which is west of the Swamp.

When Sora and the gang reach the Swamp, another cutscene starts. Spike is on the ground near the Tavern, staring at Richfield, who is dragging a screaming Wendy, who is a brown female dinosaur dressed in a red blouse and black vest.

Wendy: Dad? Let me go!

Richfield (in monotone): You’re not running away.

Wendy: I’m not a little girl, anymore, Dad! You can’t control me!

Richfield (in monotone): You’re not running away.

Wendy: Daddy! Please! Somebody, please help me!

Richfield takes Wendy northeast of the Swamp and disappears.

Spike: Watch out! Dere’s a swamp monster ‘round here! Stupid jerk woke him up!

A swamp monster rises out of the swamp. He is about five times as big as Sora. He is vulnerable to magic while he stands upright and can’t be attacked physically unless he bends over trying to eat Sora and the gang. The tell will be him waving his arms and roaring. He will then bend over to eat Sora. A command prompt will activate: When Food Goes Bad. Activating this command prompt will have Sora whack him in the jaws with the keyblade and then he will hop up on the head of the swamp monster. The swamp monster will be dazed momentarily and Sora can attack the horns. After the swamp monster is defeated, he will groan and fall into the swamp. Of course, if you don’t hit the command prompt soon enough, you’ll get eaten and have to continue the game. After the battle, Robbie and Sora try to help Spike up, but he shakes his head.

Robbie: Spike, get up!

Spike (frustrated): Dere are t’ings I gotta keep an eye on out here, Scooter.

Sora (puts an arm around Robbie’s back, to Spike): We’ll be back as soon as we save that girl.

Spike (chuckles): Yeah. You do dat. *grits teeth* I couldn’t even take on dat crazy sociopath.

Robbie (smirks): You just don’t know how to fight effectively.

Spike (chuckles): You’re lucky I’m out of it, Sinclair….

Sora: C’mon guys, let’s go.

To Be Continued ….

 

[The Count]

*Is enthralled. Just makes me sigh at my own incertainties. Thanks for this Kelly-girl.

 

[RedPiggy]

I've been trying to sneak a little of Scavenging Pangaea in here, and I just realized that Xenahort is basically the Mizumi of this story, LOL. I'm almost done. I like this the more I write it. This should totally be a world in the Kingdom Hearts franchise. This would so totally work.

 

[RedPiggy]

After this battle, the Swamp becomes playable, with Nobodies of various types, which are typically white or cream-colored. Ten waves of enemies will spring from the swamp in the background, but only two or three will appear in each wave. It is not necessary to defeat all the waves to continue northeast into the End of the World area. The Swamp has traces of ash and snow, but not nearly as much as other areas of the world. When Sora enters the End of the World, a cut scene (of course) will appear.

Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Robbie work their way through a bunch of trees with dying leaves as Wendy can be heard screaming and Richfield growling. The camera suddenly pans over to Richfield throwing his daughter in a cage. The End of the World is a rather large area, at least as big as the Pridelands in Kingdom Hearts 2. There are only traces of destruction, and the sun can be seen setting deep in the northern background. It will be patterned after the tropical jungle look of The Discovery, the episode where Earl Sinclair and Roy Hess discover the lush sanctuary of the cavemen. On the northern border is a large cliff. Richfield silently drags the cage over to it.

Richfield (in montone, to Wendy): You ain’t 72 yet, my little love muffin of honey-goodness, but I won’t be robbed of Hurling Day.

Wendy (pleading): Daddy … please don’t do this! I’m your daughter! The Code of the Wilderness says you have to protect your offspring!

Richfield (silently continues to drag Wendy’s cage toward the cliff.

Robbie plays a loud riff on his guitar, which breaks Richfield’s focus.

Richfield (glares at Robbie, his eyes glowing brightly): You …. *leaves the cage and steps toward Sora’s group* I won’t leave my leftovers this time.

The cutscene ends. Each time Richfield charges at Sora and the gang, he can be snapped out of it if he’s dodged and he runs into some trees, stunning him. That sets up a command prompt where Robbie plays a shrill note, immobilizing Richfield and letting Goofy smack him with his shield, Donald blasts him with magic, and Sora comes up from the side from among trees (a reference to Jurassic Park and the velociraptors, who were said to attack from the sides) and whacks Richfield square in the jaw with his keyblade, which then hurls Richfield back several yards. Should this happen, Richfield will wobble back up and begin his walk back to Wendy, who pleads with Robbie to save her. Sora and the gang can attack him from the rear. After ten or so hits, or a couple of special attacks from Robbie, Richfield will charge again where the command prompt can be repeated. The method of defeat will be to set up a charge where Richfield will end up in a patch of trees near the cliff. The command prompt would then lead to Richfield going over the cliff, though only after his health is at twenty-five percent. Anything higher than that and Richfield will regain his balance before going over the cliff. Wendy will claim her father is too strong for you. After Richfield falls over the cliff, naturally, there will be the final cutscene.

Robbie (rushes over to Wendy’s cage and breaks her out of it with his tail, helping her out): Wendy! Are you okay?

Wendy (catches her breath): Aside from having my father try to kill me, *shrugs* yeah, I’m just peachy. *wraps her arms around Robbie* Hold me ….

Robbie: O_O Uh ….

Spike (rubs his arm, grinning): Heyyyy! Sinclair! Didn’t know you had it in ya! *throws Robbie a black leather jacket* You killed da bad guy. Now take what’s comin’ to ya wit’ dignity.

Robbie (stares at the jacket, then at Wendy, smirking, letting the jacket drop): No, thanks, Spike. I don’t need it anymore.

Spike: O_O

Sora (looks happily at his friends and they walk away as Robbie and Wendy kiss in front of the sunset with romantic music playing)

End of Pangaea Story

Epilogue …

The ending credits of each Kingdom Hearts game also includes nonverbal epilogues on one side of the screen while the credits scroll up on the other, while the ending theme plays.

Robbie, Wendy, and Spike force their way through tropical plants and spy a gigantic sunlit valley beneath them. They start to head happily down the hill leading into the valley, beckoning the Sinclairs and Hess to follow. The last shot is a close-up of Baby Sinclair, holding up a sign Wile E. Coyote style: “Was this ending better for you?u201D

Fade out….